Triple

T1941016
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kaiapoi E41552 entity
Predicate wasAffectedBy P9 FINISHED
Object 2011 Christchurch earthquake sequence
The 2011 Christchurch earthquake sequence was a series of powerful and destructive earthquakes in the Canterbury region of New Zealand, centered on and around Christchurch, causing widespread damage, loss of life, and long-term impacts on infrastructure and communities.
E220827 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: 2011 Christchurch earthquake sequence | Statement: [Kaiapoi, wasAffectedBy, 2011 Christchurch earthquake sequence]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 2011 Christchurch earthquake sequence
Context triple: [Kaiapoi, wasAffectedBy, 2011 Christchurch earthquake sequence]
  • A. 2010 Canterbury earthquake
    The 2010 Canterbury earthquake was a powerful 7.1-magnitude quake that struck New Zealand’s South Island near Christchurch, causing widespread damage but no direct fatalities.
  • B. 2010 Chile earthquake
    The 2010 Chile earthquake was a massive magnitude 8.8 megathrust quake off the coast of central Chile that caused widespread destruction, triggered a tsunami, and became one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded.
  • C. 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
    The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami was a devastating magnitude 9.0 undersea megathrust earthquake off Japan’s northeastern coast that triggered massive tsunamis, widespread destruction, and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.
  • D. 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes
    The 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes were a powerful sequence of Southern California quakes, including a magnitude 7.1 mainshock, that caused widespread shaking, surface ruptures, and infrastructure damage across the Mojave Desert region.
  • E. 2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake
    The 2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake was a powerful magnitude 8.6 megathrust earthquake off the coast of northern Sumatra that caused widespread destruction and significant casualties in Indonesia.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: 2011 Christchurch earthquake sequence
Triple: [Kaiapoi, wasAffectedBy, 2011 Christchurch earthquake sequence]
Generated description
The 2011 Christchurch earthquake sequence was a series of powerful and destructive earthquakes in the Canterbury region of New Zealand, centered on and around Christchurch, causing widespread damage, loss of life, and long-term impacts on infrastructure and communities.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 2011 Christchurch earthquake sequence
Target entity description: The 2011 Christchurch earthquake sequence was a series of powerful and destructive earthquakes in the Canterbury region of New Zealand, centered on and around Christchurch, causing widespread damage, loss of life, and long-term impacts on infrastructure and communities.
  • A. 2010 Canterbury earthquake
    The 2010 Canterbury earthquake was a powerful 7.1-magnitude quake that struck New Zealand’s South Island near Christchurch, causing widespread damage but no direct fatalities.
  • B. 2010 Chile earthquake
    The 2010 Chile earthquake was a massive magnitude 8.8 megathrust quake off the coast of central Chile that caused widespread destruction, triggered a tsunami, and became one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded.
  • C. 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
    The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami was a devastating magnitude 9.0 undersea megathrust earthquake off Japan’s northeastern coast that triggered massive tsunamis, widespread destruction, and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.
  • D. 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes
    The 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes were a powerful sequence of Southern California quakes, including a magnitude 7.1 mainshock, that caused widespread shaking, surface ruptures, and infrastructure damage across the Mojave Desert region.
  • E. 2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake
    The 2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake was a powerful magnitude 8.6 megathrust earthquake off the coast of northern Sumatra that caused widespread destruction and significant casualties in Indonesia.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69a88649b24c819080047f26b6db2ded completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb2fb21fc8190929ea4a87ef4402e completed March 7, 2026, 5:09 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adfbb7616881908bfc82997538ca08 completed March 8, 2026, 10:44 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adfc2b6a0c8190a9129dc0a930d1b1 completed March 8, 2026, 10:46 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adfd3ecb7881909a6692bb58211c2e completed March 8, 2026, 10:50 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m.